Nelson: Louisiana's schools need Common Core Standards

7:45 PM,
Apr. 10, 2014

Written by

Nicole L. Nelson
Shreveport

How will we adequately prepare our students for the future, if we continue to expect them to be average, as compared to their counterparts from other regions?

As an educator in Louisiana, I will be the first to say that it is not easy transitioning into the new standards, but it is necessary. First of all, educators across the state have been working hard over the past three years to transition into, and fully implement the Common Core Standards. Success takes time.

We are working to build people, not robots. This is a process because it raises the bar for everyone: the state, districts, schools, ...